CVE-2017-5056: google chrome Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-5056 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4Timeline
- 27-10-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 57.0.2987.132 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.24%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
69%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.24% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat3 products
Ubuntu2 products
- chromium-browser< 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 | < 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1277
- oxide-qtAll versions (No fix recorded)
Google1 product
- chrome< 57.0.2987.133 | < 57.0.2987.132
3 vendors · 6 products
References
8 links- crbug.com/705445X Refsource MISC
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.htmlX Refsource MISCREPORT